Year of the Insect

 

Good news! Theodore, the caterpillar, has moved on already! From stage one, he now enters stage TWO! I can't believe my little guy is so grown up. His brothers are still smaller, and haven't yet moved on, but as you can see, our friend just changed. His stage one skins are still on the parsley beside him. Still, before moving on to the updating of the Genoa garden, I thought I would enjoy some delicious orange chicken and tell you all about Theodore's progress!

 He's been doing really well clearly. Getting all gigantic and learning to eat as much food as caterpillarly possible. Its just that there are three of them, and I am increasingly concerned that my single little parsley plant won't be enough to feed all these growing babies. Oh well, I will continue to monitor him! Maybe tomorrow I'll use a a ruler to see just what size he's measuring now, but since he's the biggest and never stops eating we decided he was only fitting to be named Theodore.

NOW! Moving on to the Genoa garden. I told you it was colorful, but its pretty awesome. Be prepared to be wowed with, purple speedwell, geraniums, and tall stocky sunflowers. Soooooo exciting! The idea, is that tomorrow I will clean up the front of little, if the mosquitoes are too active, and that means that there will be a front to work with again. It was so hot over the last few weeks that I could barely take the kids out for longer than a half an hour. Here's hoping the tempt stays settled below 90.

One of the six replanted Dill. They planted themselves this year without any help of mine. So cool. And the only yellow that has yet to rear its head in our garden. Jonathan and Sarah love the dill plants, because they attract butterflies. Which, considering the above, I'm getting quite the laugh out of. We never anticipated so many butterflies this year, but it turns out we planted all the right things. Anything in the parsley family.

 And then there are the silver mound bushes. Another perennial that flourished this year, in a way no one ever expected. These are Mik's favorites, and I have to say, I agree wholeheartedly that they were a great choice for our happy little spot in the backyard. So soft.

 These are the speedwell of course. And the reasoning behind the year of the insect? Check out the plant on the right.... Yet another caterpillar. Or an inch worm. I can't quite tell.

 GERANIUMS!

 Put them all together and what do you get?! Our beautiful garden.